Under the first theme (T1) the following working groups were held:
“Urban Cultural Strategy and Regional Cultural Policy Models”
Coordinator:
Dr. John Ioannides, Cultural Manager, Director of the Organization of Local Government, Professor of the Hellenic Open University.
Speakers:
- Konstantinos Gogos, President of the Cultural Center of the Municipality
of Ioannina, Municipal Councillor - Dimitris Vassilopoulos, Vice Mayor of Ilion
- Dimitris Papastergiou, Mayor of Trikala
“Cultural managers at the forefront: transforming the cultural habits of residents and artists”
Coordinator: Angeliki Lampiri, Director
of Cultural Strategy, Eleusis 2021,
European Capital of Culture.
Speakers:
- Konstantinos Gogos,
President of the Cultural Center
of the Municipality of Ioannina. - Clymene Christoforou, Director D6:
Culture in Transit, Expert Pilot Cities, UK. - Erifili Maroniti and Fivos Sakalis,
Athens Culture Net Coordinators,
Municipality of Athens. - Marta Martins, Artemrede
Executive Director, Portugal. - Stefan Teisanu, Director of Cluj
Cultural Centre, Romania. - Giorgos Foutas, Member of the BoD,
Culture, Sports and Youth Organization,
Municipality of Athens.
“The cultural capital of the city”
Coordinator:
Nikos Panagiotopoulos, Professor of Sociology, University of Athens.
Speakers:
- Theoklis Petros Zounis, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Athens & Hellenic Open University.
- Artemis Stamatelou, Museologist, Cultural Project Development Consultant.
“Cultural managers at the forefront: transforming the cultural habits of residents and artists”
Coordinator:
Angeliki Lampiri, Director of Cultural Strategy, Eleusis 2021, European Capital of Culture.
Speakers:
- Maria-Louiza Laopodi Project Manager, START Program Create Cultural Change.
- Photini Papahatzi, Project manager of ‘Home’, as part of the TANDEM Cultural Managers Exchange Turkey program.
- Olga Daskali, Project manager of “Roots are Routes”as part of the programme START-Create Cultural Change, Project Manager of “SPEAK UP!” as part of the Actor of Urban Change programme.
- Olga-Christiana Papadimitriou, Municipal employee, Municipality of Messolonghi.
“Towards a new institutional framework for cultural institutions in local government”
Coordinator:
Athanasia Triantafillopoulou, Professor of Developmental Institutions of Local Government, Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese. Stephania Xydia, Cultural Management Consultant, Co-founder of Place Identity Clusters.
Speakers:
- Maria Philippi, Chief Executive Director of Eleusis 2021 European Capital of Culture.
- Xeni Mpaloti, Officer at Greek Company of Local development and Governance.
